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Incidentally, I've just got my Strat back from a re-fret in stainless steel, so it's playing a lot brighter. Couple that with the extra sparkle from losing the snubber caps on v1, and the clean tone's moved on to another planet of complex harmonic wonderfulness. It makes me think I'll never use a chorus pedal again (though I probably will...)

Interesting. I was pondering the move to SS frets on a new neck and digging through the archives on the debates whether it had an effect on tone. So it's your perception it brightened things up, huh? Probably another thread tho.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to having the tilt back option, especially for my current rehearsal space.

Well I got the legs in and installed them like a bull in a China shop. No pics yet, but it looks like the pic on your site, Andrew. Actually I found an old reference here where FDP'er jhawkr installed a set on a Deluxe and kinda followed that. 1" up from the bottom, 1.5" in from the back and lined it all up. The trickiest part is locating the stops, actually. I installed 1 in a comfortable area with the right angle/lean, then measured/installed the other side using the same kind of calculations. Crazy thing is I measured 3 or 4 times before committing with the drill. Then after installing it, I measured the distance from the bottom of the amp to the center of the fully extended legs. One side measures about 1/4" further than the other! I tried it out on carpet and then a hardwood floor and it's stable (no wobble or angle), but of course this disparity bugs me.

Anyway, I tried it out and think it'll be great. My ears are still ringing :-)

(This message was last edited by littleuch at 07:03 AM, Mar 26th, 2011)

"Different issue - my tone controls don't seem to have as much effect as they used to. What might cause that? (or maybe my ears are on the blink...)"

SP, I have the exact opposite issue. I find my controls very hairline. The difference between, say 4 or 5 on any tone control (especially treb and mid) is dramatic and you can hear a "wah" effect playing a note and changing these settings. I don't recall it being this noticable prior to the recap.

One thing about the Fender legs. They weren't flat. If you held them with the insides together, there was a splay out at the top. If you install them this way, they will slip over the top of the stop button. I had to push the top of the leg in as I pushed the leg back so it would properly engage the stop button. This was a pest, so I removed them and bent the tops so there was a slight bow inward. Now, I can just pull the legs back and not think about it. They go right into place.

My PRII started cutting out intermittently - I tracked it down to V3, which was sensitive to how it was seated. You could see the glow come and go. Retensioned the tube socket (specifically pin 9, it looked more 'open' than the other heater pins) and all seems well now. And the tone controls now seem to have more effect... maybe V3 wasn't heating up fully even when I was getting sound out of the amp? Whatever, I'm a lot happier now.

I never liked those tube sockets. Very sloppy, never a tight fit. With my eyesight, it was always hard to see the keyway and the center holes were plenty large enough for the tube stem to fit in any direction. The modern ceramic sockets are much nicer. The tubes snick into place with a solid feel and the hole and keyway fit the tube stems properly.

I put my Celestion Blue Alnico back in. The Emi RW&B is a fine speaker for this amp but the Blue makes me feel like I got my old amp back. Stratopastor, I still have made no progress with any template for the tilt back legs. I'm horrible with such things, lol. Currently living with some filament rattle on newer JJ 6V6's. The tubes sound fine but buzz out pretty good with channel and master on 5/5. Maybe Tung Sol RI's next. It looks like KCA is currently out of stock on the Brimars I previously had.

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